Great Wei scholar

He is immune to such gossip.

When someone scolds you, do you respond?Also clarify?

Clarification useful?

Furthermore, maybe people know this is fake, but they just want to make trouble for themselves.

After all, the name Xu Wangu is too resounding.

Who doesn't want to rub the heat?

"Okay, Brother Wang Ru, I really won't participate in this Taiping Poetry Fair, and I don't want to waste time on it."

"Let's just assume that they are right, they are indeed a bunch of mediocre people, that's enough, I will continue to read, Senior Brother, please entertain Brother Wang Ru."

Xu Qingxiao returned to the room and continued to read without hearing anything outside the window.

This made Wang Ru a little embarrassed.

"Brother Wang Ru, my junior brother really doesn't want to participate in this Taiping Poetry Fair, but it doesn't matter, as long as I'm here!"

"I wrote two poems recently, please help me to read them."

Chen Xinghe pulled Wang Ru, and he happened to compose two poems for him to read.

The latter followed reluctantly.

at this time.

There were indeed many voices in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Chapter 131 : Poetry of the Nation!Hurry up and invite Xu Qingxiao to Shouren Academy!

"This Xu Qingxiao is really arrogant! I waited to come to Dawei to participate in the Taiping Poetry Festival, and he humiliated me like this!"

"It's nothing more than writing a few famous poems through the ages, yet they are so arrogant? No wonder they dare to disrespect great Confucian scholars. Sooner or later, such people will reap their own consequences."

"The Taiping Poetry Club invites literati from all over the world. We are celebrities from ten countries. We dare not say that we are talented, but we have also read sage books for several years. I never thought that Xu Qingxiao would look down on us like this. It's really crazy."

"There are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames, Eternal Crazy Life! Hateful."

In the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, voices rang out one after another. They were great talents from the Ten Kingdoms, and there was no shortage of scholars from the Great Wei Dynasty among them.

Xu Qingxiao personally said in Peach Blossom Temple that she would not participate in the Taiping Poetry Fair.

This was an ordinary sentence, but after someone added embellishments, it was misinterpreted for a while as Xu Qingxiao looked down on the great talents of the Ten Kingdoms, which caused some controversy.

In fact, as Xu Qingxiao guessed, it is impossible for the Ten National Congress not to know that someone misinterpreted his meaning.

But it doesn't prevent them from making trouble for Xu Qingxiao, people believe more in what they want to believe.

However, be it madness or humiliation, now Xu Qingxiao is almost deaf to what's going on outside the window.

That's it, the next day.

August fifteen.

The Taiping Poetry Club opened today, and many talented students had already gone to Liyang Palace, and when the time came, they would directly enter.

Great Wei Jingdu was also completely bustling, countless people poured into the capital, every street was full of people, every restaurant was fully booked, and even four or five people lived in one room, it was so exaggerated.

The prosperity of Kyoto is extremely noisy, every household is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the cries of each other's ups and downs are even more layer upon layer.

Inside Shouren Academy.

Prince Yongping looked at Xu Qingxiao helplessly.

"Brother Xu, this Taiping Poetry Club is one of the three major poetry clubs in the world. Are you sure you don't want to go?"

"All the great talents from the ten countries have gone. Every session of the Taiping Poetry Fair is extremely important. You are representing our great Wei now. If you don't go, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress the great talents from the ten countries."

These days, Prince Yongping is preparing for the Taiping poetry meeting at home, which is in a state of retreat.

Now that the poetry meeting was about to start, the son of Yongping came out for activities, but he learned that Xu Qingxiao did not participate in the Taiping poetry meeting. Now he couldn't sit still, so he came directly to Shouren Academy to find Xu Qingxiao.

"Brother Mu, the Taiping Poetry Association is a great event for scholars all over the world, but for me, it is just a party."

"Nowadays, the Dawei waterwheel project needs to be implemented quickly. Brother Yu has to treat it with care. This matter is beneficial to the people and cannot be delayed."

Faced with Yongping's persuasion, Xu Qingxiao tactfully refused on the grounds of the waterwheel project.

"Brother Xu, I know that the waterwheel project is very important, but Taiping poetry is also important to scholars like me."

"Furthermore, the Ten Kingdoms Congress came prepared this time. His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the Great Wei Dynasty also needs to do something. If the Taiping Poetry will be suppressed by the talents of the Ten Kingdoms this time, then the Great Wei will not be able to hold its head up. .”

Prince Yongping persuaded him from another angle.

But Xu Qingxiao was a little helpless.

"Brother Mu, there are so many talented people in Great Wei. To be honest, although Brother Yu has some talents, he really dare not say that he is the number one talented person in Great Wei. Why are you so sure that Great Wei will lose?"

Xu Qingxiao said that, he is really busy now, how can he have time to attend this grand event?

And it takes seven days to participate, isn't this a waste of time?

"Brother Xu, there are indeed many talents in Wei, but this time is different. My father told me that this session involves many things, and the talents of the ten countries have prepared a lot, just to win the crown at the Taiping Poetry Association. It is said that after this There are shadows of the Tuxie Dynasty and the Chuyuan Dynasty, so they came rushing to snatch my talents from the Great Wei."

"If this is the case, then our Great Wei will not be able to hold up our heads in the future. Brother Xu, you have to go."

What Mu Nanping said was very impressive, and it all involved Wei Wei's talent.

But Xu Qingxiao was still helpless.

"Brother Mu, I really have something to do. Isn't there another Hua Xingyun in the Wei Palace? Let him go. Besides, if this is the case, His Majesty must be prepared."

"I'm really busy, brother Mu, so I won't send you off."

Xu Qingxiao's attitude is very firm, and the biggest thing right now is to win public opinion.

As long as there is public opinion, you can cover up the strange magic in your body. Cheng Lidong is a bomb, who knows when he will suddenly explode.

Xu Qingxiao was [-]% sure that Cheng Lidong didn't dare to turn his back on him directly, but would come to him again.

But there was still [-]%, Cheng Lidong broke the can.

If it's the former, there is still room for detours, but if it's the latter, I have to cover up the strange magic in my body as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the strange art is exposed, then I will really be in trouble.

I'm afraid His Majesty won't be able to protect himself.

So under such circumstances, how could Xu Qingxiao have the mind to participate in some Taiping Poetry Fair?

It is better to spend time and study the promotion of waterwheels.

If it can be accelerated, it may be possible to gain the public opinion of the people earlier.

"Brother Xu! Oh!"

Mu Nanping wanted to continue talking, but seeing Xu Qingxiao's appearance, he finally shook his head and had no choice but to give up and leave.

After watching Mu Nanping leave.

Xu Qingxiao also looked pure.

It wasn't long before another person came, an official from the household department.

"Master Xu, Gu Shangshu asks you to go to the household department as soon as possible, saying that there is something important to do."

With the arrival of the household officials, Xu Qingxiao became curious.

But he didn't say much, and set off directly to the household department.

"What happened?"

On the way, Xu Qingxiao questioned the official.

"The subordinates don't know either. They only know that Gu Shangshu received a letter, and then Lei Ting was furious. After a while, he asked his subordinates to invite you to go."

The other party's answer made Xu Qingxiao frown inexplicably.

Therefore, Xu Qingxiao quickened her pace.

Came to the household department.

After entering the household department, Xu Qingxiao went straight to the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Gu Yan, Minister of the Household Department, was sitting on the Taishi chair, and the two servants on the left and right were also seated in it. All three of them looked unsightly, and the atmosphere in the room seemed unusually quiet.

"My subordinate Xu Qingxiao has met Gu Shangshu and the two servants."

When Xu Qingxiao entered, he first bowed to Gu Shangshu, and then slightly bowed his hands with the two servants. He was also a servant, and everyone was at the same level. There was no need to salute, but he was simply polite.

Seeing Xu Qingxiao appear, Gu Yan did not speak, but handed the three letters on the table to Xu Qingxiao.

"have a look."

Gu Yan spoke, Xu Qingxiao took the letter, and then opened it to read.

After a while, Xu Qingxiao's eyes changed slightly.

Look at the second letter, the third letter.

Soon Xu Qingxiao understood why Gu Yan was so angry.

These three letters are business letters from Shanxi merchants in Guangling, Huizhou merchants in Beihu, and Jiangxi merchants in Nanlin.

The content is very simple. The imperial court wanted to produce a large number of waterwheels, and the three main materials for making waterwheels were rattan wood, smelted iron, and water and oil.

After the waterwheel is manufactured, it needs to be coated with water and oil, which will form a layer of oil film, which is heat-resistant and fire-resistant. Most buildings in Kyoto are coated with water and oil, which has a polishing effect and is also effective in preventing fire. It is a good thing.

It is also excellent for use on waterwheels.

In addition to the hundred iron smelting, the most important vines, water and oil are basically in the hands of these merchants.

After all, the Great Wei Dynasty did not need this kind of thing. Iron ore needed to be stored, which must be controlled, but vines, water and oil were meaningless to store, and they could not be used as weapons.

The Ministry of Industry does have some, but not many.

Fifty counties need [-] waterwheels, and the Ministry of Industry can manufacture up to [-] sets of vines, wood, water and oil. Naturally, these things need to be purchased.

And these three chambers of commerce, at the same time, sent a letter to inform the Ministry of Households that there were some things, but not many, and most of them happened to be sold out. If there is an urgent need now, they must be harvested in advance, but doing so will lead to a harvest Rarely, greatly impairs long-term growth.

Therefore, it is proposed to wait for next year's production. Of course, there is another way, that is, they reluctantly harvest, but the price is not the same.

It is obvious that the three major chambers of commerce want to sit on the ground and raise the price. As for the price, they have not yet discussed it, giving both parties a buffer opportunity.

As a result, as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Gu Yan was naturally furious.

"These businessmen are really greedy for small profits. I have hardly closed my eyes these few days. After calculating the cost, I offered a price of 500 taels for a water truck, leaving them with about [-]% of the profit, but I never thought that, They are greedy!"

"Sure enough, crows are black all over the world. Fan merchants are black, and merchants in Wei are also black. As long as they are merchants, there is no one who is not black."

"I really want the Ministry of War to arrest the shopkeepers of these three chambers of commerce and ransack their homes! Kill them to be honest."

Gu Yan's angry curses sounded, and he even wished to let the military department arrest people like Xu Qingxiao, and kill those who dared to object.

But he knew it was impossible.

Xu Qingxiao killed the fan merchants because the fan merchants had already aroused public grievances, and Xu Qingxiao deliberately made them amass money crazily, causing the public grievances to reach a climax, and then fell with a knife.

But if these merchants are moved, it is not a joke. Fanshang is really killed, and it will not affect Dawei.

But these businessmen are involved in all kinds of businesses, ranging from food, drink, housing and transportation, to the needs of six departments. If they are really going to be killed, who will work for the court?Who creates part of the tax revenue for the Ministry of Households?The people at the bottom are even more dissatisfied.

So he was just talking out of anger, he really didn't dare to kill if he really asked him to kill.

"Shouren, do you have a way to deal with these female businessmen?"

Having said that, Gu Yan looked at Xu Qingxiao, he was really at a loss what to do.

The other party made it clear that the price was low, and the reasons for asking for it were impeccable. After all, you want such a huge amount of materials at one go, and it is reasonable for people to say no.

You can't send someone to investigate, can you?

Even if someone is sent, so what?Do you know where their warehouse is?How do you settle it?

At that time, someone will say, these are ordered goods, it is impossible to jump in the queue, right?Especially these businessmen are very smart, saying that they were hired by foreign countries.

If he really jumped the queue, he would scold Da Wei for being a bully.

If he was in the prosperous age, he would really not be afraid of being scolded, but now Da Wei, no matter what he does, he must be careful, not to provoke insults, but also to do things well.

Xu Qingxiao's killing of the Fan merchants, if it wasn't for the full support of the people, under any circumstances, Xu Qingxiao would be sent to prison.